Jessica Alba Says Filming “Fantastic Four” Nude Scene Was 'Humiliating'

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Alba played Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in two of the 'Fantastic Four' films

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Jessica Alba

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• Jessica Alba is opening up about a "humiliating" nude scene she filmed for the 2005 film Fantastic Four 
• Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Friday, Dec. 5, the actress said, "I thought that was awful"
• "I dreaded that scene for weeks. I have a lot of whiplash from those days," she added

Jessica Alba says filming her nude scene in the 2005 film Fantastic Four was "humiliating."

The actress, 44, opened up about the scene in an appearance at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Friday, Dec. 5, saying, "I thought that was awful. It was very humiliating in real life. I grew up with a pretty conservative family, and I am a pretty modest person. I dreaded that scene for weeks. I have a lot of whiplash from those days."

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Still, the actress added that the character “was a woman I looked up to,” saying, “She was very maternal and very kind, but also not a pushover; she spoke her mind."

“She had a great moral compass," Alba added of Sue Storm, per the New York Post. "No matter who you are, you can look up to her. Oftentimes, the women in these stories need to be saved by a guy or the villain, the problem in the story. This was back then. It’s different now.”

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Jessica Alba Fantastic Four - 2005

Alba played Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in two of the Fantastic Four films alongside Chris Evans (who played Johnny Storm/The Human Torch), Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic), Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm/The Thing) and Julian McMahon (Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom).

Speaking to PEOPLE last year, the actress said she would be open to reprising her Fantastic Four role in the future.

"Yeah, of course. I loved playing that character," Alba told PEOPLE of her role in 2005's Fantastic Four and 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

"[I'd be open to] anything in the Marvel universe. I'm a fan of all the superhero stories, and it was a great time in my life," she added. "So yeah, if they would have me, sure."